Stokely Carmichael Quotes

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• The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.
• I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or…
• The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
• We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
• Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.
• Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
• It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a…
• Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
• I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
• Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is…
• I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
• There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
• Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.
• Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we'd be hard…
• One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the…
• So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it's not…
• This country is a nation of thieves. It stole everything it has, beginning with black people. The U.S. cannot justify its existence as the policeman…
• Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are…
• Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
• An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

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